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Edited by Adam Feldman
The Fringe Festival officially ended on August 24th. But like fiends in a B-grade horror flick, some of these Fringe shows just won't die. A dozen of them, in fact, have extended their runs as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series at the Barrow Street Theatre and the SoHo Playhouse. The lists includes some of the TONY team's favorite Fringe offerings this year; if you missed your chance to see them the first time, you have no excuse to miss them now.
Each August, the New York International Fringe Festival unfurls its massive self, and we throw our arms up in dismay. Who could cover so many shows? Which are the good ones? How could we decide which shows to see and which to review?
Dealing with the Fringe, in other words, is a problem. But this year we have a new solution: We're seeing and reviewing everything.
That's right: everything. There are 201 shows in this year's festival, and we are reviewing every single one of them, from The Alice Complex to Zombie. We're reviewing everything even if it kills us, which it might, or just hurts us very badly, which it surely, surely will.
Reviewing 201 shows in two weeks is no easy task. So, in the democratic spirit of the Fringe itself, TONY’s Theater department has gone wide: Thanks to a frenzy of in-house conscription, more than 150 different TONY staffers—writers, editors, designers, photographers, marketers, even interns—have now chosen at least one show apiece, at random, from a thick stack of Fringe postcards and press releases. Over the next few weeks, our ragtag army will fan out below 14th Street to sample this year’s festival fare and report on their findings. Some of our guinea-pig scriveners are seasoned reviewers; others will be taking their first shot at drama criticism. The breadth of this range strikes us as true to the nature of the Fringe Festival itself: an unpredictable mix of well-seasoned expertise and uncooked enthusiasm.
Wish us strength.
Check back regularly to see new reviews as we post them. And for full details on the festival, visit fringenyc.org. TONY is also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Read our coverage here.
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See critics' picks playing this week.
@lice in www.wonderland [2 STARS]
All Hail The Great Serpent! [4 STARS]
Anais Nin Goes to Hell [3 STARS]
Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire [5 STARS]
The Boss in the Satin Kimono [1 STAR]
The Boy in the Basement [4 STARS]
But for the Grace... [4 STARS]
C
Carl & Shelly, Best Friends Forever [3 STARS]
China - The Whole Enchilada [4 STARS]
Choose Your Own Play [3 STARS]
The Chronicles of Steve: The Bossy Bottom [4 STARS]
The Complete Performer [2 STARS]
Cycle: a vaudeville comedy [2 STARS]
D
The Darling Children [2 STARS]
The Death of the Bell Turret Gunner [4 STARS]
A December Eve's Visit with Frederick Demuth [4 STARS]
The Dershowitz Protocol [3 STARS]
The Disappearance of Jonah [4 STARS]
Down Around Brown Town [4 STARS]
Dreadful Penny's Exquisite Horrors [2 STARS]
Eggs and the Rebound Guy [3 STARS]
Extraordinary Rendition [4 STARS]
F
The Fabulous Kane Sisters in Box Office Poison [3 STARS]
FACE (Every Good Boy Does Fine) [3 STARS]
A Fire as Bright as Heaven [2 STARS]
Forteez Bluntz Chickenhedz 'N' Uva Necessateez [4 STARS]
From the Inside, Out [2 STARS]
A Gathering of Eagles [4 STARS]
The Gay No More Telethon [3 STARS]
GEM! A Truly Outrageous Parody [4 STARS]
Gratuitous Novelty: A locked away cabaret [4 STARS]
The Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women [4 STARS]
I
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You [2 STARS]
I Love You Petty, & Favre [3 STARS]
Johnny Law, Courtroom Crusader [2 STARS]
johnpaulgeorgeringo - an Intimate Experience with the Fab Four [4 STARS]
Kansas City or Along the Way [3 STARS]
L
La Vigilia (The Vigil) [2 STARS]
The Last Dance Of Marsha Kane (Sugarcoating the Inevitable) [2 STARS]
The Legislative Process [2 STARS]
Life...Death...and Entertainment [4 STARS]
The Longest Running Joke of the Twentieth Century [4 STARS]
Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy [4 STARS]
Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising [2 STARS]
Lucila: a play for Gabriela Mistral[3 STARS]
Lydia's Funeral Video [2 STARS]
M
Malajusted, Misappropriated. [3 STARS]
A Man, a Magic, a Music [4 STARS]
Meanwhile, in Baghdad... [4 STARS]
Mirrors of Chartres Street: Faulkner in New Orleans/ New Orleans in Faulkner [2 STARS]
Monsters In the Wood [4 STARS]
Mourn the Living Hector [4 STARS]
My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey [4 STARS]
N
The Naked Dead Elephant in the Middle of the Room [1 STAR}
Noir: a shot and a chaser [2 STARS]
Nudists in Love : A New Musical [4 STARS]
Oatmeal and a Cigarette [3 STARS]
The October Crisis (to Laura) [3 STARS]
On Insomnia and Midnight [3 STARS]
One Seat in the Shade [3 STARS]
Oneword—an extended poetree [3 STARS]
Parental Indiscretions [3 STARS]
Perez Hilton Saves the Universe (or at least the greater Los Angeles area): The Musical [4 STARS]
Psalms Of A Questionable Nature [4 STARS]
The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody [4 STARS]
Revolution on the Roof: A 60's Anti-War Musical [2 STARS]
Salt Lake, a New Ballet [2 STARS]
Sandy the Dandy and Charlie McGee: A Case Study in Harsh Realities [4 STARS]
Secrets of Lamp Lit Blinds: Three One Acts by Jason Williamson [3 STARS]
See How Beautiful I Am: The Return of Jackie Susann [4 STARS]
Self-Portrait of Schiele [2 STARS]
The Seven Little Foys [3 STARS]
Sex, Cellulite and Large Farm Equipment: One Girls Guide To Living and Dying [3 STARS]
A Silly Silverstein Show [3 STARS]
The Sound of One Hanna Clapping [4 STARS]
Symphony Pastorale/ Fuge Series [2 STARS]
T
That Dorothy Parker [4 STARS]
There Will Come Soft Rains [5 STARS]
They Call Me Mister Fry [2 STARS]
The Third From The Left [3 STARS]
Thoroughly Stupid Things (or the Continuous Importance of Being Earnest) [4 STARS]
Thumbelina: The Story of a Brave Little Girl [3 STARS]
Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera) [4 STARS]
time, et. al.: a cautionary tale about love and time travel [2 STARS]
Tiny Feats of Cowardice [4 STARS]
Tough Guys Don't Shoot Blanks [4 STARS]
Triumph of the Underdog [3 STARS]
Tune Up, Faulty Piston! [3 STARS]
Underwear: A Space Musical [4 STARS]
Untitled Masterpiece [4 STARS]
Velvet Scratch—Voyage of No Return [4 STARS]
The Vajayjay Monologues [4 STARS]
waiting: a play in phases [5 STARS]
We Are the Lawmakers [2 STARS]
Woodhull: A Play About the Woman Who Ran for President [4 STARS]
Fred
Tue, Aug 26, at 02:18pm
Interesting that two of your 5-star shows did not make the Encore series.
Joe
Wed, Aug 13, at 01:35pm
America 20XX got 3 stars. Would you please fix this page?
